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... the defence of the accused , if he thought him guilty . Since old Malesherbes offered to defend the king , it was to be supposed , that Louis was inno- cent . " This was the conclusion drawn by the worthy , when CHURCHYARD . ་ 7.
... the defence of the accused , if he thought him guilty . Since old Malesherbes offered to defend the king , it was to be supposed , that Louis was inno- cent . " This was the conclusion drawn by the worthy , when CHURCHYARD . ་ 7.
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... offered to him , which , on the one hand , discouraged the small troop under Edwin's orders , and , on the other , gave time to the members of the communes , who accompanied the king , to alight from the carriage , and to call upon the ...
... offered to him , which , on the one hand , discouraged the small troop under Edwin's orders , and , on the other , gave time to the members of the communes , who accompanied the king , to alight from the carriage , and to call upon the ...
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... for- give . " But said the queen , are there no resources left ? That , which Michonis offered to my hope , may not be vain . Toulan , M de Fermont , the respectable Malesherbes , the interesting Edwin , would they all fail 98 THE MAGDALEN.
... for- give . " But said the queen , are there no resources left ? That , which Michonis offered to my hope , may not be vain . Toulan , M de Fermont , the respectable Malesherbes , the interesting Edwin , would they all fail 98 THE MAGDALEN.
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... As to Edwin , he had left the coach as soon as the monarch alighted , and under pretence of curiosity had placed himself near the scaffold , in order , if an VOL . II . L opportunity offered , to be useful to the monarch to CHURCHYARD .
... As to Edwin , he had left the coach as soon as the monarch alighted , and under pretence of curiosity had placed himself near the scaffold , in order , if an VOL . II . L opportunity offered , to be useful to the monarch to CHURCHYARD .
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Jean-Joseph Regnault-Warin. opportunity offered , to be useful to the monarch to the last moment . But this faint ray of hope again vanished . My pupil had a shocking and full view of the execution , which severed the royal head of the ...
Jean-Joseph Regnault-Warin. opportunity offered , to be useful to the monarch to the last moment . But this faint ray of hope again vanished . My pupil had a shocking and full view of the execution , which severed the royal head of the ...
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Page 121 - He deprecates those murmurs of surprise or displeasure, which his discourse evidently called forth more than once, 4 though not so much on his own account as on that of the dikasts, who will be benefited by hearing him, and who will hurt themselves and their city much more than him, if they should now pronounce condemnation.
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